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Additionally, you can also perform research of a specific coin (",(0,r.kt)("a",{href:"/terminal/guides/intros/crypto/dd",target:"_blank",rel:"noreferrer noopener"},"dd"),"),\nNFT (",(0,r.kt)("a",{href:"/terminal/guides/intros/crypto/nft",target:"_blank",rel:"noreferrer noopener"},"nft"),") or most lucrative Defi project\n(",(0,r.kt)("a",{href:"/terminal/guides/intros/crypto/defi",target:"_blank",rel:"noreferrer noopener"},"defi"),"). It does so by handing you tools to (among other things) perform technical analysis (",(0,r.kt)("a",{href:"/terminal/guides/intros/common/ta/",target:"_blank",rel:"noreferrer noopener"},"ta"),"), quantitative analysis (",(0,r.kt)("a",{href:"/terminal/guides/intros/common/qa",target:"_blank",rel:"noreferrer noopener"},"qa"),"), and give you access to onchain information (",(0,r.kt)("a",{href:"/terminal/guides/intros/crypto/onchain/",target:"_blank",rel:"noreferrer noopener"},"onchain"),")."),(0,r.kt)("h3",{id:"how-to-use"},"How to use"),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"The Cryptocurrency menu is called upon by typing ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"crypto")," which opens the following menu:"),(0,r.kt)("img",{width:"1317",alt:"image",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/174688140-3fb055ba-aaef-487c-b978-10a88c04e349.png"}),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"You have the ability to search a coin with ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"find")," based on its name or symbol. An example:"),(0,r.kt)("img",{width:"551",alt:"image",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/174688194-6d06b5fa-65c3-4c95-9c11-def35605fdbb.png"}),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"As a result, you can see a list of coins matching your search criteria. Once you identify the coin you are looking for, next step is to ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"load")," it. See the example below:"),(0,r.kt)("img",{width:"851",alt:"image",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/174688215-ae86ad39-a394-48c6-a6fc-bfd560296c89.png"}),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"To view the candle chart for the loaded crypto, you can call ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"candle"),". This will show you the coin's historical prices and volume, as follows:"),(0,r.kt)("img",{width:"786",alt:"image",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/174688395-cd201677-0f01-43d2-a22f-892ae63b25e2.png"}),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"In case you want to adjust the default period, you can do so by specifying the number of days to go back in time."),(0,r.kt)("img",{width:"886",alt:"image",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/174688639-306ddc43-b202-436b-bbc2-c1bd6376c857.png"}),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"You might be wondering, how can I know about all possible options? You can type in ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"command_name -h")," or ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"load -h")," in this case. Here you will find available optional arguments that you can play with."),(0,r.kt)("img",{width:"832",alt:"image",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/174688752-0e0286c6-ac78-42f8-8215-354bc951f182.png"}),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"Lastly, by calling ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"?")," or ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"help")," or ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"h"),", the ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"crypto")," menu will be re-populated. Here you can see that several menus have turned blue, which mean you can enter any of them now. In order to use these menus, you are required to first ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"load")," a coin."),(0,r.kt)("img",{width:"1349",alt:"image",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/174688823-16fbd8b0-d9ee-47b0-a2c3-fd90b749fc32.png"}),(0,r.kt)("h3",{id:"sub-menus-available"},"Sub-menus available"),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"The Cryptocurrency menu has an extensive list of available sub-menus ranging from due diligence to NFT to onchain analysis. To find more information about each menu, you can click on one of the following:"),(0,r.kt)("ul",null,(0,r.kt)("li",{parentName:"ul"},(0,r.kt)("a",{parentName:"li",href:"/terminal/guides/intros/crypto/disc"},"Introduction to Cryptocurrency Discovery"),": discovers top trending, top gainers or losers coins, as well as top NFTs, dApps and exchanges based on prices."),(0,r.kt)("li",{parentName:"ul"},(0,r.kt)("a",{parentName:"li",href:"/terminal/guides/intros/crypto/ov/"},"Introduction to Cryptocurrency Overview"),": gives the overview of the cryptocurrency market, including global Defi market, stablecoins, exchanges as well as latest news."),(0,r.kt)("li",{parentName:"ul"},(0,r.kt)("a",{parentName:"li",href:"/terminal/guides/intros/crypto/onchain/"},"Introduction to Cryptocurrency Onchain"),": provides information on different blockchains, whales transaction and traded volumes on certain crypto pair. You can also specify a Ethereum address and look up past transactions and balance history."),(0,r.kt)("li",{parentName:"ul"},(0,r.kt)("a",{parentName:"li",href:"/terminal/guides/intros/crypto/defi/"},"Introduction to Cryptocurrency Decentralized Finance (DeFi)"),": explore the decentralized finance market through a variety of indicators and data, from lending interests, staking ratio, Uniswap pools to top Defi dApps."),(0,r.kt)("li",{parentName:"ul"},(0,r.kt)("a",{parentName:"li",href:"/terminal/guides/intros/crypto/nft/"},"Introduction to Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs)"),": Discover latest NFT drops and OpenSea's NFT Collection statistics."),(0,r.kt)("li",{parentName:"ul"},(0,r.kt)("a",{parentName:"li",href:"/terminal/guides/intros/crypto/dd/"},"Introduction to Cryptocurrency Due Diligence"),": performs due diligence on a chosen coin based on, among other things, tokenomics, roadmaps, news, and community."),(0,r.kt)("li",{parentName:"ul"},(0,r.kt)("a",{parentName:"li",href:"/terminal/guides/intros/common/ta/"},"Introduction to Technical Analysis"),": analyzes the chosen coin's historical data extensively with moving averages and momentum, trend, volatility and volume indicators."),(0,r.kt)("li",{parentName:"ul"},(0,r.kt)("a",{parentName:"li",href:"/terminal/guides/intros/forecast/"},"Introduction to Forecasting Menu"),": applies advanced AI and Machine Learning models to form prediction of future stock prices including Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) and Monte Carlo forecasting")),(0,r.kt)("h3",{id:"examples"},"Examples"),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"When entering the ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"crypto")," menu, you would typically want to load in a coin. Let's go with Ethereum. You can do this by specifying its symbol: ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"load eth")),(0,r.kt)("p",null,(0,r.kt)("img",{parentName:"p",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/175827660-3b106e6e-2638-4536-939e-e38692ec1003.png",alt:"Load ETH"})),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"Let's checkout its sentiments from major headlines news by typing: ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"headlines")),(0,r.kt)("img",{width:"791",alt:"image",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/175827670-15042c5e-0650-486e-92fa-a154de13b208.png"}),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"To perform further analysis, the best menu to enter is ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"dd"),":"),(0,r.kt)("pre",null,(0,r.kt)("code",{parentName:"pre"},"2022 Jun 29, 08:58 (\ud83e\udd8b) /crypto/ $ dd\n\u256d\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 Crypto - Due Diligence 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               \u2502\n\u2502                                                                                                                                                                                                                    \u2502\n\u2502 Coin: eth                                                                                                                                                                                                          \u2502\n\u2502 Source:                                                                                                                                                                                                            \u2502\n\u2502                                                                                                                                                                                                                    \u2502\n\u2502 Overview:                                                                                                                                                                                                          \u2502\n\u2502     info               basic information about loaded coin                                                 [CoinGecko]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     basic              basic information about loaded coin                                                 [CoinPaprika]                                                                                           \u2502\n\u2502     ath                all time high related stats for loaded coin                                         [CoinGecko]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     atl                all time low related stats for loaded coin                                          [CoinGecko]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     web                found websites for loaded coin e.g forum, homepage                                  [CoinGecko]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     pi                 project information e.g. technology details, public repos, audits, vulns            [Messari]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502     gov                governance details                                                                  [Messari]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502     stats              coin stats                                                                          [Coinbase]                                                                                              \u2502\n\u2502     bc                 links to blockchain explorers for loaded coin                                       [CoinGecko]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502 Market:                                                                                                                                                                                                            \u2502\n\u2502     market             market stats about loaded coin                                                      [CoinGecko]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     mkt                all markets for loaded coin                                                         [CoinPaprika]                                                                                           \u2502\n\u2502     binbook            order book                                                                          [Binance]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502     balance            coin balance                                                                        [Binance]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502     cbbook             order book                                                                          [Coinbase]                                                                                              \u2502\n\u2502     trades             last trades                                                                         [Coinbase]                                                                                              \u2502\n\u2502     ex                 all exchanges where loaded coin is listed                                           [CoinPaprika]                                                                                           \u2502\n\u2502     oi                 open interest per exchange                                                          [Coinglass]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     eb                 total balance held on exchanges (in percentage and units)                           [Glassnode]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502 Metrics:                                                                                                                                                                                                           \u2502\n\u2502     mcapdom            market cap dominance                                                                [Messari]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502     active             active addresses                                                                    [Glassnode]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     nonzero            addresses with non-zero balances                                                    [Glassnode]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     change             30d change of supply held on exchange wallets                                       [Glassnode]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     ps                 price and supply related metrics for loaded coin                                    [CoinPaprika]                                                                                           \u2502\n\u2502     mt                 messari timeseries e.g. twitter followers, circ supply, etc                         [Messari]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502 Contributors and Investors:                                                                                                                                                                                        \u2502\n\u2502     team               contributors (individuals and organizations)                                        [Messari]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502     inv                investors (individuals and organizations)                                           [Messari]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502 Tokenomics:                                                                                                                                                                                                        \u2502\n\u2502     tk                 tokenomics e.g. circulating/max/total supply, emission type, etc                    [Messari]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502     fr                 fundraising details e.g. treasury accounts, sales rounds, allocation                [Messari]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502 Roadmap and News:                                                                                                                                                                                                  \u2502\n\u2502     rm                 roadmap                                                                             [Messari]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502     events             events related to loaded coin                                                       [CoinPaprika]                                                                                           \u2502\n\u2502     news               loaded coin's most recent news                                                      [CryptoPanic]                                                                                           \u2502\n\u2502 Activity and Community:                                                                                                                                                                                            \u2502\n\u2502     links              links e.g. whitepaper, github, twitter, youtube, reddit, telegram                   [Messari]                                                                                               \u2502\n\u2502     social             social portals urls for loaded coin, e.g reddit, twitter                            [CoinGecko]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     twitter            tweets for loaded coin                                                              [CoinPaprika]                                                                                           \u2502\n\u2502     score              different kind of scores for loaded coin, e.g developer score, sentiment score      [CoinGecko]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     dev                github, bitbucket coin development statistics                                       [CoinGecko]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502     gh                 github activity over time                                                           [Santiment]                                                                                             \u2502\n\u2502                                                                                                                         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OpenBB Terminal v1.5.0 (https://openbb.co) \u2500\u256f\n")),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"We can check out the project's roadmap and its effect to historical price, by typing ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"rm")),(0,r.kt)("img",{width:"789",alt:"image",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/175827701-b6b01a67-b90a-4aac-94bf-b9f5a19023c5.png"}),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"Once you have finished analyzing a specific coin, you would want to get a good understanding of the overall crypto market. To do that, head over to ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"ov")," by typing ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"../ov"),"."),(0,r.kt)("blockquote",null,(0,r.kt)("p",{parentName:"blockquote"},(0,r.kt)("strong",{parentName:"p"},"Hint:")," ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"..")," basically took you back to the previous menu. Instead of\nperforming 2 separate commands, you can combine them together using ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"/"),". As\nsuch ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"../ov")," will take us back to previous menu, and then enter the ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"ov")," menu.")),(0,r.kt)("img",{width:"789",alt:"image",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/175827714-8545c2c4-88f3-4415-9e53-3c1938717c30.png"}),(0,r.kt)("p",null,"Bitcoin has such a big influence on the entire crypto market. So seeing whether we are in a Bitcoin season or a Altcoin season will be useful to your investment decisions. ",(0,r.kt)("inlineCode",{parentName:"p"},"altindex")," is a great command for this purpose."),(0,r.kt)("img",{width:"786",alt:"image",src:"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40023817/175827720-323ea70c-6eab-4cc7-819c-9fe1339af380.png"}))}d.isMDXComponent=!0}}]);